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Adding media to a bin

1.Browse your existing bins to find the media file you want to move. The All Media Folder contains all media files in your project.

2.Drag a file from the right-hand pane to a bin.

Searching media bins

1.Right-click in the Project Media window and choose Search Media Bins from the shortcut menu. The Search Media Bins dialog is displayed.

2.Use the drop-down lists in the Search Media Bins dialog to set your search conditions and click the Search button. The selected bin and all sub-bins will be searched.

3.Click the Search Results icon to view the matching files.

Hint: Right-click the Search Results icon and choose Save as Bin from the shortcut menu to save the results of your search as a new media bin.

Automatically adding recorded files to a media bin

Select a media bin if you want to automatically add your recorded audio to a media bin.

Deleting media from a bin

1.Select a media file.

2.Press Delete on your keyboard.

3.If the All Media Folder is selected, the file will be removed from your project.

4.If a media bin is selected, the file is removed from the bin, but remains part of your project. The file is still available in the All Media Folder.

Configuring 24p pulldown removal

This feature is available only in the full version of Vegas software.

Right-click a DV AVI file in the Project Media window and choose File Format Properties from the shortcut menu to edit file settings from the file format plug-in associated with the media file type.

For 24p NTSC DV AVI files with 2-3 pulldown, you can use this dialog to configure removal of pulldown fields.

In most cases, you will not need to edit pulldown removal settings. However, if the settings were not properly set in the DV header when your video was captured, you can fine-tune pulldown removal without recapturing your video.

1.Right-click an AVI file in the Project Media window and choose File Format Properties from the shortcut menu. The AVI/DV Media Properties dialog is displayed.

This command is not available for non-24p NTSC video or for 24p NTSC video using 2-3-3-2 pulldown.

2.Select the Enable 2-3 pulldown removal check box.

Note: You can clear this check box if you want to override

pulldown removal for individual files when the Enable pulldown removal when opening 24p DV check box is selected on the General tab of the Preferences dialog.

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